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The saga of the Titanium Rib and Dr. Mel Smith

March 29, 2021 By Karl Leave a Comment

Dr. Mel Smith & titanium rib pt.

I've had a lifelong interest in discrimination and birth-defects stemming from being bullied for my once-nasal cleft-palate speech. Hence I was interested when college classmate Alain Gunn wrote The Titanium Rib. The Discrimination Angle The book is about a device that allows infants born with defective chests and lung function to live. And it's a true story of two dedicated surgeons —one  being a black man who endured discrimination as a trailblazer entering the lily white ranks of … [Read more...]

Adorable cleft-lipped boy adopts a cleft puppy—instant love.

September 12, 2020 By Karl 1 Comment

Cleft lip boy and dog.

Amid the 4 Ps confronting us Californians —pandemic, poverty,  protests, and pyrotechnics* — comes a heartwarming story from Sydney Page at The Washington Post. Just what I needed, as a fellow cleft-affected person, to forget about the "plagues" which are  depressing us in the San Francisco Bay Area. We've had to keep indoors (no outdoor masked activity) for twenty-something straight "unhealthy" Spare the Air days due to wildfires. Then a man who has a 2-year-old with a cleft … [Read more...]

“Just Mercy” author addresses issues raised by George Floyd’s death.

June 14, 2020 By Karl Leave a Comment

In my last blog, I passed  along a progressive black man's take on the massive George Floyd protests. It was written by a Harvard Law grad who is a proponent of nonviolence. I'm giving time in today's blog to a moderate black man's take on the issue of racism raised by the protests. Attorney Bryan Stevenson, also a Harvard Law grad,  is having a bit of a moment. The movie of his book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption has just been released. It stars Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, … [Read more...]

Celebrate a killer or his victim on Earth Day? Ira vs Holly.

April 22, 2020 By Karl Leave a Comment

Ira and Holly

Who're you supporting if your choices are Ira and Holly?             National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) is this week. So is Earth Week which features today, Earth Day, which celebrates its Golden Anniversary. Earth Week There are stories looking at the silver lining of the Covid-19 pandemic. It's the seeming lack of pollution globally. Though some claim hi up atmospheric gases still loom ominously. And there are also stories … [Read more...]

Ira Einhorn, the Unicorn Killer, dies, but lives on in my book.

April 12, 2020 By Karl Leave a Comment

Ire Einhorn arrested in 1979

One of the murderers in my Privileged Killers and the Psychopaths among us, just died. I've blogged about him from time to time - here for example and with photos here.  Tho his death has been widely reported as due to natural causes, he died of longstanding cardiac problems. His death, allegedly, was  unrelated to the current coronavirus pandemic. .     Nick Arama, writes in NBC Philadelphia that one-time  environmentalist: "Ira Einhorn, 79, has died in prison. Susan … [Read more...]

Easier ‘n Where’s Waldo.Find CLEFT HEART readers in photos.

March 28, 2020 By Karl Leave a Comment

Can you find the Cleft Heart reader in living room with several people

It's easy to find Waldo these days. He's the only one at the beach or out on a once-busy Manhattan street. So, check out the two photos in this blog and figure out who's reading Cleft Heart. Let me know. Unprecedented Times for us all. As the great political writer Thomas Paine wrote during a low point in the American Revolutionary War, "These are the times that try men's souls." But as another great writer, Charles Dickens, wrote at the same time, "It was the best of times, it was  the … [Read more...]

Crime – Myths about the Evil Genius Killer – Tutorial for Tru-Crime Fans & Writers

February 23, 2020 By Karl Leave a Comment

Evil Genius Killler - The Unicorn upon his arrest in France.

Fans of true-crime books and crime writers  are often drawn to evil genius killer stories. And so are everyday people since these stories both horrify and fascinate us frequently. Evil genius killer tutorial. As a service to my fans and fellow true-crime writers, I'm providing another tutorial. This one deals with the myth and facts about one such  killer, Ira Einhorn. Hopefully, you readers will find it interesting. And you writers will find it useful. Many of our feelings and much of … [Read more...]

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Recent Posts

  • The saga of the Titanium Rib and Dr. Mel Smith
  • Appearances can be deceiving – President Kennedy’s health
  • Thoughts about “Clarice,” spinoff from “The Silence of the Lambs.”
  • Popular Culture and True Crime – Tutorial III – Why women are such true crime fans.
  • Popular Culture and True Crime – Tutorial II – Murderabilia.

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Dr. Mel Smith & titanium rib pt.

The saga of the Titanium Rib and Dr. Mel Smith

I've had a lifelong interest in discrimination and birth-defects stemming from being bullied for my once-nasal cleft-palate speech. Hence I was interested when college classmate Alain Gunn wrote The Titanium Rib. The Discrimination Angle The book is about a device that allows infants born with … [Read More...]

JFK's Appearances

Appearances can be deceiving – President Kennedy’s health

As a '60s liberal, I swallowed whole  the  storyline about our new president, John F. Kennedy. If appearances could be trusted, he was young, vigorous, and courageous (rescuing a fellow sailor in WWII.) Just the man to usher  in the so-called Camelot years. I was a high school junior with a … [Read More...]

Clarice

Thoughts about “Clarice,” spinoff from “The Silence of the Lambs.”

I managed to catch the  2nd episode of the "Clarice" series recently. It channeled the Waco cult situation, also known as  the Waco, Texas massacre.  That was the controversial law enforcement siege of a compound that belonged to the Branch Davidian religious cult. In the 2nd  episode,  Clarice … [Read More...]

True crime fans

Popular Culture and True Crime – Tutorial III – Why women are such true crime fans.

  As part of our series on Popular Culture and True Crime, our final tutorial looks at why women seem such devoted true crime fans. Tutorials I and II dealt with the fascination with serial killer trading cards and murderabilia (the collection of mementos), respectively. While I've … [Read More...]

Murderabilia

Popular Culture and True Crime – Tutorial II – Murderabilia.

  In a recent blog (go here), I discussed the furor created by the creation of serial killer trading cards* back in 1992. A similar controversy has erupted over the growing practice of collecting artifacts and even bits of hair from those involved in serial … [Read More...]

Photos from my Books

Photos from the start of Cleft Heart , from the next part, the next, and from the end of the book.

Photos from my forthcoming book about crime and privilege.

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